Threadless T-Shirts - Dirty Pennies

Dirty Pennies by mezo

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138 days ago

Submitted on:

Mar 03 '08

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51 comments

Final average score:

2.25 out of 5

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by mezo

In a small town where all knew all, wondered a peasant lady nobody knew. But her only friend was a young boy, brought her hot tea and leftover stew.

In those burnin' wintry Decembers, he'd pick dirty pennies up off the cold street. And while his mother was out Christmas shopping, he'd say, "Come on in, warm your feet. As long as you share with me stories". So she spoke on the product of war,
"My mother never knew who she could be, as my father lay drunk on the floor."
And she spoke of the cart that she wheeled, had keys with no locks, and guitars with no stings, and a puzzle that could never be finished, "but this is my home, these broken things are..."

theurbanraptor on Mar 03 '08

lovely mezzzzo!

DaniellesGarden on Mar 03 '08

really nice!

ALIADOTONY on Mar 03 '08

5$ my favorite

roadkill3d on Mar 03 '08

ACE!

lunchboxbrain on Mar 03 '08

one of your best. 55555

The Paper Crane on Mar 03 '08

Cooooool!!!

hogboy on Mar 03 '08

This is awesome Steph & I love this song too!

Ian Leino on Mar 03 '08

Such expressive linework! The whole piece is great, but especially the woman's face and the wooden bench.

Lhiiiz on Mar 03 '08

The drawing is lovely, I think the line quality of the bench and the cart with her belongings is especially nice. I wish the colors were slightly more faded, but that's just nitpickiness. It's really well done.

SoulfumeInc on Mar 03 '08

dig it!

t4sh4 on Mar 03 '08

so lovely! great lyrics too!

fatheed on Mar 03 '08

$5 says I'm not the only person who skim read the title as 'Dirty Penises'. I don't know the song, but I shall investigate! Nice art, Mezo!

Lhiiiz on Mar 03 '08

That was my original take on it too fatheed!

lemonalle on Mar 03 '08

aww, that hobo lady's got style!

i love the stuff in the background too

fat pigeon on Mar 03 '08

Great illustration. Nice song choice too.

Jackanapes mk.II on Mar 03 '08

NOICE.

danrule on Mar 03 '08

Nice, love that shopping cart especially.

Jackanapes mk.II on Mar 03 '08

I love the fact that the shopping cart contains not only a beat up old six-string guitar, but a beat up old twelve-string as well.

Mezo knows the way to my heart.

Too bad she planted a time bomb once she got there.

jstumpenhorst on Mar 03 '08

great job mezo!!

opifan64 on Mar 03 '08

this is great! good song choice and the lovely illustration.

dacat on Mar 03 '08

Lovin' the lines and colors $5

KDLIG on Mar 03 '08

nice $5

Afromation on Mar 03 '08

Excellent work $5

Robsoul on Mar 03 '08

I'm with dacat, Lovin' the lines and colors $5

scha-wing! cha-ching! badda-bing!

mezo on Mar 03 '08

Your words are like loose change to my tattered pockets. Zeus bless you all & thanks!

jpeacockdesign on Mar 04 '08

i'd so wear this $5

morozco420 on Mar 04 '08

fatheed, I did the EXACT same thing...

ofthecoast on Mar 04 '08

this is wonderfullll

yoshi andrian on Mar 04 '08

I really like the color, I wish you use the pink somewhere in the illustration as well, it really fits in there.
I want this shirt.

lofty softy on Mar 04 '08

awesome!

OOH_OOH on Mar 04 '08

very nice.

WhitneyBeth on Mar 04 '08

really wonderful. i'd wear it.

samiam_403 on Mar 04 '08

maybe you could put the song lyrics on the back of the shirt...then it would be more than just a cool shirt

wyldekiwi on Mar 04 '08

the old lady's face scares me. I love pennies though.

walmazan on Mar 04 '08

love it!

khplumbo on Mar 04 '08

This would work great on a hoodie.

nonolarson on Mar 05 '08

Nice work on the face

Andreas Mohacsy on Mar 05 '08

i love the seat, i love her slip, i like the trolley and hope a design where a boy holding a coin works out half as well for you as it did for me...

kooky love on Mar 05 '08

GREAT $5

FRICKINAWESOME on Mar 05 '08

Love the background elements just barely hinted at but take up so much of the design that you never notice this. Great elderly woman's face, you can see the warmth in her body start to burn again.